Overpriced vintage and "custom shop" guitars

[The Gear Page]( Trending Threads Newsletter [RIP Jesse Gress]( adolan · Feb 23, 2023 at 2:46 PM · Replies 14 So this is really very sad, I just woke up to a text from my aunt, to learn Jesse had passed away. He was my moms cousin. I grew up spending a lot of time with my grandparents and aunts and uncles up near the Poconos during the holidays (summer, easter, TG etc etc) and we often went to visit... Forum [The Sound Hound Lounge]( [Read more]( [Finally weighed all my electric guitars!]( fusionbear · Feb 23, 2023 at 11:41 PM · Replies 8 Decided to take the time to weigh all my guitars today. My scale is not super accurate, but the results were pretty surprising to me. Starting from heaviest to lightest: 1.Ibanez Mohogany/Maple SZ2020: 9 lbs 8 oz. 2. Jazzcaster Warmoth Swamp Ash build: 9 lbs. 2 oz. 3. Dean Soltero SL... Forum [Guitars in General]( [Read more]( [Overpriced vintage and "custom shop" guitars]( Paulstarr · Feb 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM · Replies 267 As we all know its not only the tone and resonance, feel, playability ( and where they are made ) are a huge part of why certain guitars are worth thousands of dollars. But this video shows why sometimes its just the name and/or the fact that they are old I would never... Forum [Guitars in General]( [Read more]( [NGB: McInturff Carolina]( Morpeli · Aug 10, 2022 at 11:24 PM · Replies 41 Just over a year and four months ago, my wife asked me what I wanted for my 50th birthday. Guess what I said! So basically I said I wanted a super duper custom guitar. After much research on TGP, I decided that the man for job was Terry McInturff. Originally, as I owned a Tokai LP copy, I... Forum [The Small Company Luthiers]( [Read more]( [Synergy modular thread]( OAJ73 · Sep 9, 2017 at 7:13 PM · Replies 7K My understanding of the original Mesa Mark 2 series, is you treat the EQ knobs like an overdrive, and then use the Eq sliders as the actual amp eq. In other words, for distortion tones, lower the bass and increase the mids on the eq knobs, and make the eq sliders more like a ‘V’ pattern. Correct me if I’m wrong... Forum [The Rack Space]( [Read more]( [Lovepedal Hermida SNS Appreciation Thread Part Deux--The Ham Sammich Lives!]( la noise · Mar 7, 2018 at 4:25 AM · Replies 65K Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences on Lovepedals/Hermida Audio. Eternities, Zendrives, COTs, AMP11s, Purple Plexis, Super Sixes, Thculas, and more! Forum [Effects, Pedals, Strings & Things]( [Read more]( [What is the best and most accurate tuner pedal out there?]( idimata · Feb 23, 2023 at 9:41 AM · Replies 43 I like the Peterson clip-on tuner with its strobe display. I was convinced that their StroboStomp would be the most accurate equivalent pedal at 0.1 cent, but then I found that the Model ST-300 by Sonic Research promised a 0.02 cent accuracy and in a smaller form factor. However, I've rarely... Forum [Effects, Pedals, Strings & Things]( [Read more]( [The dislike towards the newer wave of guitar players]( Unprogrammable · Feb 22, 2023 at 12:36 PM · Replies 508 Why the older "bluesy licks/ ac dc / hair metal" crowd hates the new guitarists like Tosin Abasi,Plini, Max Ostro and bands like Polyphia and especially Tim Henson. Isn't this another case of "....in my times...". I'm 43 and i cant get enough of Spiritbox, Polyphia , etc... Forum [The Sound Hound Lounge]( [Read more]( [Guitar "feel". I still don't understand it.]( hogy · Feb 23, 2023 at 4:59 PM · Replies 79 I should preface this by saying that I'm a full time guitar tech who's been working on guitars for a living for well over three decades. I also buy, sell, collect, and gig with vintage guitars. I have worked on thousands of them, so I have a fair bit of actual, real life experience. I still... Forum [Guitars in General]( [Read more]( [Most inconsistent live band you've seen?]( dreamspace · Feb 23, 2023 at 11:21 AM · Replies 44 The Replacements had 4 modes: Glorious, Good/Great, Drunk but still fun/amusing, Drunk but dumb and boring. I grew up in Minneapolis in the 80s and consider myself exceedingly lucky to have seen many of the first and third, a few of the 2nd, and only a couple of the last. Concur with the comment that this concept is true for... Forum [The Sound Hound Lounge]( [Read more]( [When did '70s Fenders become desirable?]( JakeGyllenhaal · Feb 23, 2023 at 2:38 PM · Replies 80 In my lifetime, I've always read on forums (very reliable, I know, but I was born in the 90s) that most '70s Fenders weren't that great, and QC was all over the place during the CBS era. I don't recall merchants of vintage guitars online ever really featuring '70s Fenders, either. But now I... Forum [Guitars in General]( [Read more]( [Visit The Gear Page]( [Unsubscribe](